Women's basketball: Red Foxes heat up from 3-point range

Long-range work opens up floor

11:37 PM,
Nov. 29, 2012

Elizabeth Beynnon

Written by

Sean T. McMann
Poughkeepsie Journal

Coming out of halftime down a point to Hofstra Wednesday night, the Marist College women's basketball team looked outside the arc to kick-start the offense in the second half.

The Red Foxes (4-3) scored nine of their first 11 points after the break from behind the 3-point line, taking a lead they'd never give up, and proving head coach Brian Giorgis correct for again calling them "one of the best 3-point shooting teams" in his 11 years at the helm.

Following a slow start to the season from long range, Marist has found its stroke, connecting on 45.3 percent of its 3-point attempts in the last two ...